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presanctify, v. rare.|priːˈsæŋktɪfaɪ|
[pre- A. 1.]
trans. To sanctify previously or beforehand. Chiefly in presanctified ppl. a. [after med.L. præsanctificāta the presanctified (elements), missa præsanctificātōrum the mass of presanctified (elements); so F. la messe des présanctifiés], sanctified or consecrated beforehand. Liturgy or Mass of the Presanctified, an office said in the Roman Catholic Church and in some Anglican churches on Good Friday, and in the Greek Church throughout Lent (except on Saturdays and Sundays and the Feast of the Annunciation), at which the elements used have been consecrated at a previous celebration.
1758S. Redford Important Inquiry (ed. 2) App. 397 They offer up and shew the people the Sacrament reserved on those two solemn days, which they call the imperfect Mass, or the Mass of the presanctified. a1773A. Butler Feasts Catholic Church (1774) vi. iv. 355 This is called the ‘Mass of the Pre-sanctified Mysteries, Missa præsanctificatorum’. 1839Penny Cycl. XIV. 57/2 In the Greek or Constantinopolitan church three Liturgies are in use, those of Basil, Chrysostom, and the Liturgy of the Præ-sanctified. 1853Rock Ch. of Fathers III. ii. 242 The mass of the presanctified was celebrated. 1866Felton Anc. & Mod. Gr. II. ii. iv. 336 These two, with a third, called the Liturgy of the Presanctified,..constitute the general liturgy of the Greek Church down to the present day. 1872O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms 128 The custom..of not consecrating but only of receiving the presanctified Host consecrated on Maundy Thursday. 1909Daily Chron. 10 Apr. 5/4 At Westminster Cathedral yesterday morning the Mass of the Presanctified was solemnised in the presence of Archbishop Bourne. 1957Oxf. Dict. Chr. Ch. 1101/1 In the Middle Ages all present at the Mass of the Presanctified received Holy Communion. 1965C. E. Pocknee Parson's Handbk. (ed. 13) 156 In some churches the Mass of the Pre-sanctified has been reintroduced with a general Communion from the reserved sacrament. 1978C. Jones et al. Study of Liturgy 409 Communion from the reserved sacrament, the so-called Mass of the Pre-Sanctified. |